IT System Specialist

Closing Date: August 14, 2026, 2:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time)

Location: Mississauga, Ontario (Hybrid - 3 days per week in the office)

Employment Type: Contract (6 months)

Start Date: Immediate

End Date: February 10, 2027

Work Schedule: 35 hours per week

Salary: $50.39 per hour (contractors must be incorporated)

Consider your new role with Aliant Resources and our municipal government client The City of Mississauga.

About Us:

Aliant Resources is a dedicated provider of IT staffing services, committed to promoting diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, anti-racism, and accessibility in all facets of our operations.

Job Summary:

This resource will be responsible for developing, optimizing, and governing our IT Service Now knowledge base, ensuring it effectively supports Service Desk operations, improves resolution times, and enables knowledge reuse and self-service.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, review, and maintain knowledge base articles, SOPs, and troubleshooting guides.
• Work with Service Desk and SMEs to validate knowledge content and usability, obtaining SME approvals, and managing article review cycles.
• Establish and enforce knowledge governance standards (ownership, approvals, review cycles).
• Maintain knowledge structure (taxonomy, categorization, tagging, search optimization).
• Manage the knowledge lifecycle (create, review, update, retire content).
• Enforce knowledge management practices in other ITSM processes (Problem, Change). Knowledge Management is already integrated with other ITSM processes, so this person's role is to ensure that integration is being used (e.g., each change request must have a KB article before CAB approves it).
• Monitor usage and performance metrics (e.g., search success, article usage, FCR improvement).
• Identify knowledge gaps and implement continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support staff training and adoption of knowledge base best practices (KCS approach preferred).

Required

Qualifications and Skills:

• Experience working in an IT Service Desk / ITSM environment (Service Now preferred).
• Strong understanding of ITIL processes (Incident, Problem, Change, Knowledge Management).
• Proven experience managing or developing a knowledge base in an enterprise environment.
• Strong technical writing and documentation skills.
• Experience with knowledge management tools.
• Ability to work with cross-functional technical teams to gather and validate information.
• Analytical mindset with experience using metrics to drive improvements.

Mandatory

Qualifications:

• Knowledge-Centered Service (KCS) certification or experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Service Now experience/certification (or equivalent ITSM platform).

Security Credentials:

Successful candidates will be required to successfully complete:

• Three (3) professional reference checks
• Criminal Background Check

Additional client security screening may be required before onboarding.

At Aliant Resources, we value diversity and inclusion and we encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply. We are an equal opportunity employer and we look forward to welcoming you to our team.

Diversity Statement:

At Aliant Resources, we are committed to building a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and to promoting a diverse, anti-racist, inclusive, accessible, merit-based, respectful, and equitable workplace.

Accessibility Statement:

Aliant Resources is dedicated to making our recruitment process accessible to everyone with or without a disability. We adhere to workplace accessibility standards to ensure that individuals with disabilities can fully participate in employment opportunities. We understand the importance of identifying and removing barriers, and we strive to provide an inclusive experience for all candidates.

Workplace Accommodations:

We offer workplace accommodations throughout the recruitment process and all aspects of employment consistent with the requirements of the AODA and OHRC.

If you require workplace accommodations due to a disability, injury, illness, or any other condition that may affect your ability to apply online or perform essential job functions, please reach out to us at accom Your request will be answered, and we will collaborate with you to provide appropriate workplace accommodations as required.